Scattered to grouped under hardwoods & conifers; fruiting from late fall to mid-winter.

Edibility

Unknown, but to be avoided. A number of small Lepiotas are known to contain the same type toxins as in Amanita phalloides, the death cap.

Comments

Lepiota magnispora is a beautiful woodland species easily recognized by its coarsely scaled, yellowish-brown cap, appendiculate margin, shaggy stipe, free gills and white spore print. Unlike many Lepiotas, the partial veil does not form a well developed annulus.

For years this species was misidentified locally as Lepiota clypeolaria. The two species are similar macroscopically, with L. magnispora having a darker disk to the pileus. They have distinct microscopic features.